Electric stove or range



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ELECTRIC STOVE OR RANGE Filed Aug. :5. 1945 2 sheets-sheet J.

Nov. 16, 1948. T. E. DADsoN ELECTRIC STOVE OR RANGE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 3, 1945 Patented Nov. 16, 1948 ELECTRIC STOVE OR RANGE Thomas E. Dadson, Detroit, Mich., assigner of one-half to Kalamazoo Stove & Furnace Com- Dany,

Kalamazoo, Mich.,

a corporation of Michigan, and one-half to Admiral Corporation, Chicago, Ill.

Application August 3, 1945, Serial No. 608,738

6 Claims. l

This invention relates to improvements in electric stoves or ranges.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide in an electric stove or range a housing for the xtures and wiring constituting a part or an extension of the top fence and one in which the wiring and xtures are accessible without the necessity of moving the stove bodily.

Second, to provide a structure having these advantages in which the fixture finger pieces and controls are mounted on the front of the housing above the stove top and are fully exposed to v ew and readily accessible.

Third, to provide a structure having these advantages which is highly attractive in appearance.

Objects relating to details and economies of the invention will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined in the claims.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a fragmentary front perspective View of an electric stove embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view in section on line 2 2 of Figs. l and 3. 4

3 is a fragmentary plan view of the stove with the fixture and wiring housing omitted.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary rear perspective view with the fixture and wiring housing in collapsed position.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view with the housing in collapsed position and the back panel removed and showing details of the pivotal support for the housing.

In the specification and claims use the term fixture in the broad sense, this being intended to include switches, thermostats, clocks, lamps, and other fixtures or elements used in an electric stove.

The stove body designated generally by the numeral I may be greatly varied in structure and in general such details form no part of my present invention and they are not therefore illustrated and described herein.

The open or cooking stove top 2 is provided with suitable burners or burner elements indicated conventionally at 3. The stove top is provided with a rear fence 4 formed integrally therewithin the embodiment illustrated and comprisa front E, top S, and ends l. The top and ends are provided with inturned flanges 8 and 9 respectively, the top having an opening II of substantial size extending from the rear edge thereof, its flange 8 being extended around the edges of this opening and being continuous.

I provide a fixture and wiring housing designated generally by the numeral I2 and comprising a front I3, a top I4, and ends I5, preferably formed as an integral stamping. The top and ends are provided at their rear edges with inturned flanges I6 and I'I, respectively. 'These flanges are perforated to receive the attaching screws I8 for the housing back panel I9.

The top I4 in the embodiment illustrated is outwardly curved and the front has a forwardly projecting outwardly curved upper porti-on 2l! merging into the top. 1

The front is provided with a window opening 2l preferably located at the juncture of the top and the forwardly curved front and provided with a glazing panel 22, this permitting the passage of light from the lamp 23y mounted inthe nose portion of the housing. This lamp may desirably be a fluorescent lamp. Fixtures are indicated at 24 and 25. The bundle of wiring 26 is connected to a suitable source of supply not illustrated. This wiring is passed through the opening I I in the fence top and the fiange around the opening serves to prevent or' minimize the abrading of the wires as they are manipulated through the opening. 1

The rear wall 21 has an out-turned flange 28 at its top Which'further serves to minimize wear as the wires are manipulated.

The housing is pivotally mounted to swing forwardly to collapsed position, as shown in Fig. 4.', in which position the back panel may be removed and access had to the xtures and the wiring therefor. The housing is, in the embodiment illustrated, provided with downturned projecting angled arm-like hinge members 29 which project through openings 3B in the fence top, the lower ends of the arms being pivoted at :il to suitable suspending brackets 32 depending from the fence top. AThis permits the housing to be swung to a position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in full lines in Fig. Il, and, as stated, with the back panel removed the housed parts are fully accessible.

Tc rigidly support the housing in erected position in which position it constitutes an extension of the fence, I provide brackets 33 projecting upwardly from the top of the fence and having flanges 34 at their front edges which engage the inner side of the housing front when the housing is in erected position, the housing'being secured thereto by screws 35 extending throug the front into the flanges.

The ornamental front plates 36 are detachably secured to the front wall by means of concealed snap fasteners 31 which snap into holes provided therefor in the housing front. The switches and certain other Xtures are provided with stems which project through the iront of the housing and through the front plates, the stems being provided with nger pieces 35. These nger pieces are removed when it is desired to remove the front plates to aiord access to the bracket engaging screws 35.

The back panel is provided with slot-like openings 39 positioned to receive the brackets as the housing is swung to and from erected position.

With the parts thus arranged, the iiXtures and wiring thereto are easily accessible without moviing the stove from its set position. The housing, when erected, constitutes an extension of the fence and suppoi'ts the operating and control elements in a convenient position for manipulation. The structure is attractive and neat in appearN ance.

I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention which I consider highly practical commercially. I have not attempted to illustrate or describe other embodiments or adaptations as it is believed that this disclosure will enable those skilled in the art to embody or adapt my invention as may be desired.

vHaving thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A stove or range including a top provided with an integral rear fence having ends and top of substantial width terminating at their rear edges in inturned flanges, said top of said fence having an opening from its rear edge with the flange on said top extending therealong, a iiX- ture and wiring housing comprising integral front, top and end walls terminating at their rear edges in inturned ilanges, the top being outwardly curved, the front having a forwardly projecting outwardly curved upper portion merging into the top and having a window opening therein. angled hinge arms xedly secured to said housing to project downwardly therefrom and pivotally mounted within said fence, said fence top hav ing openings swingably receiving said hinge arms, said housing when in erected position constituting an extension for said fence, supporting brackets mounted on said fence top and having anges at their front edges engaging the inner side of the housing front when the housing is erected and adapted to receive screws inserted through the housing front for supporting the housing in erected position, front plates arranged over said screws and provided with concealed snap fasteners engaging said housing front, said front plates being adapted to `receive stems of iintures arranged within the housing, and a back panel detachably secured to the inturned flanges of said housing top and end walls and slotted to permit the passage of said brackets therethrough as the housing is swung on its pivots. said ilanged opening in said fence top being adapted to permit the arrangement of wiring therethrough.

2. A stove or range including a top provided with an integral rear fence having ends and top terminating at their rear edges in inturned flanges, the fence top having an opening eXtending from its rear edge, its said ange being continuous around the edges of said opening, a xm ture and wiring housing comprising integral front, top and end walls terminating at their rear edges in inturned anges, angled hinge arms Xedly secured to said housing to project downwardly therefrom and pivotally mounted within said fence, said fence top having openings swingably receiving said hinge arms, said housing when in erected position constituting an extension for said fence, supporting brackets mounted on said fence top and adapted to receive screws inserted through the housing iront for supporting the housing in erected position, iront plates arranged over said screws and provided with concealed ias-- teners engaging said housing front, said front plates being adapted to receive stems of ixtures arranged within the housing, a back panel detachably secured to the inturned flanges of said housing top and end walls and slotted to permit the passage of said brackets therethrough as the housing is swung on its pivots, said opening in said fence top being adapted to permit the arrangement of wiring therethrough, and a rear wall member extending across said. wiring opening of said fence top and having an out-turned ange at the upper edge thereof, said flanges of said fence top opening and said rear member wall constituting guards minimizing abrasion of wir-- ing manipulated through said wiring opening, said rear wall cooperating with said back panel while said housing is in erected position to form flanges, said end walls of said housing being approximately the saine width as said ends of said fence, angled hinge arms iixedly secured to said housing to project downwardly therefrom and pivotally mounted within said fence, said fence top having openings swingably receiving said hinge arms, said housing when in erected position constituting an extension for said fence, supporting brackets mounted on said 'fence top and adapted to receive screws inserted through the housing front for supporting the housing in erected position, and front plates arranged over said screws and provided with concealed fasteners engaging said housing front, said front plates bcing adapted to pass stems of xtures arranged within the housing,

4. A stove or range including a top provided with a rear fence having ends and top of substantial width terminating at their rear edges in inturned flanges, the fence top havinga wiring opening therein, a fixture and wiring housing comprising front, top and end walls terminating at their rear edges in inturned said end walls of said housing being approximately as wide as the ends of said fence, said housing being pivotally mounted on said fence to constitute an eX- tension thereof when in erected position and to be collapsed forwardly above the stove top, sup-- porting brackets mounted on said fence top to supportingly engage the inner side of the housing front when the housing is erected, means for detachably securing the housing to said brackets arranged through the front, front plates arranged over said securing means and provided with ccncealed fasteners engaging said housing front. said iront plates being adapted to stems of 'Fr/:- tures arranged within the housing, and a bach panel detachably secured to the inturned flanges of said housing top and end walls and slotted to permit the passage of said brackets therethrough as the housing is swung on its pivots to and from erected position, said wiring opening in said fence top being adapted to permit the arrangement of Wiring therethrough.

5. A stove or range including a top provided with a rear fence 0i substantial thickness and with an `opening along the rear edge thereof, a back panel on said stove and extending across the rear of said opening, a nxture and wiring housing comprising front, top and end Walls ter minating at their rear edges in inturned flanges, said housing being pivotally mounted on said fence to constitute an extension thereof when in erected position and to be collapsed forwardly above the stove top, supporting brackets mounted on said fence top to supportingly engage the inner side of the housing when the housing is erected, means for detachably securing the housing to said brackets, and a back plate secured to said flanges on said housing and cooperative with the top of said back panel to form a continuous back ing for said stove when said housing is erected.

6. A stove or range including a top having downwardly projecting end flanges and an upwardly projecting fixed fence bottom member integral therewith, said bottom fence member having rearwardly projecting end flanges integrally merging into said end flanges of said top, and a rearwardly projecting top ange integrally merging into its said end flanges, a top fence member comprising a front and integral top and rearwardly projecting end anges, the front and end iiange of said top fence member when it is erected complementing the front and end flanges of said bottom fence member, said top fence member being hingedly mounted on the bottom fence member to be swung forwardly to a substantially horizontal position above the stove top, said top fence member constituting a mounting plate and housing for xtures, Wiring or the like which are accessible when the top fence member is swung to its said collapsed position above the stove top, and means for holding said top fence member in its erected position on said bottom fence member.

THOMAS E. DADSON.

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